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DEC 51979 BOOK 42�PAC'E 226 NOTICES OF PUBLIC HEARING WERE SENT TO GEORGE R. AND DOROTHY L. CHILDERS AND DENNIS L. AND RONEE KING BY THE CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT AS REQUIRED BY FLORIDA STATUTE 125.66. SAID NOTICES ARE ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK. PLANNING STAFF MEMBER WENDY LANCASTER INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WHICH THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO SUBDIVIDE INTO 2-1/2 ACRE LOTS CONSISTS OF APPROXIMATELY 20 ACRES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF KELLY ROAD EAST OF KINGS HIGHWAY. SHE STATED THAT THE GROVE IS NEGLECTED AND IS NOT PRESENTLY PRODUCING, BUT IT IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING. THERE ARE TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES ON THE PROPERTY. THE MAJORITY OF THE LAND IS IN OLD GROVES AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IS IN AGRICULTURAL USE. THE PRESENT ZONING WOULD PERMIT 4 RESIDENCES ON THE PROPERTY WHILE 20 WOULD BE PERMITTED UNDER R -1E ZONING. Miss LANCASTER CONTINUED THAT THE STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL BASED ON THE FOLLOWING REASONS: 1. This rezoning would constitute spot zoning relative to the immense agricultural district surrounding it. 2. The preservation of prime agricultural land is essential to the economic base of Indian River County. 3. Residential zoning would be premature at this time because pressure for urbanization is non-existent in -this region of the county. 4. The possibility to construct 2 additional homes on this parcel currently exists under the agricultural zoning. MISS LANCASTER INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION VOTED IN OPPOSITION TO THE CHANGE IN ZONING 2 TO 1. GEORGE AND DOROTHY CHILDERS CAME BEFORE THE BOARD TO MAKE A PRESENTATION FOR THEMSELVES AND THE KINGS. MRS. CHILDERS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THEY PURCHASED THE PROPERTY IN 1974, AT WHICH TIME THE FRUIT TREES WERE SEVERELY PRUNED, AND THEY ALLOWED THREE YEARS FOR REVITALIZATION. SHE REVIEWED THEIR PRODUCTION ANALYSIS WHICH SHOWS THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN A PROFITABLE INVESTMENT; AND THEY, IN FACT, HAD A NET LOSS OF $22,000. SHE DISCUSSED FREEZE DAMAGE, AND